A little love from Charlie

  Turns out projects with an infant are a lot harder than you think, and take quite a bit longer than you think! I saw a couple pictures on pinterest of things to do with infant footprints so I decided to make a "LOVE" sign on canvas for the grandparents for Valentines Day.   Step 1: Paint the Canvas  

If I had been smart I would have painted the sides also at this time but I was worried about time with Dan to help me do the footprints over the weekend so instead I did the top and waited until another weekend to do the sides.

 

Step 2: Stencil L, O and E

 

I had to do a couple of different types of paint to make the letters show. I first tried to do it with finger paints since I would have to use the same paint on Charlie's feet and I wanted to do it as organically as possible. Sadly the finger paints did not show up dark enough on the canvas so I had to go with acrylic paint, non-toxic of course.

 

Step 3: FOOTPRINTS

 

We had to do a couple of practice tries first... Turns out Charlie is NOT a fan of having his feet painted! Luckily we were able to finally get his feet on before he had a complete meltdown! All that was left to do was sign it... I think they actually come out better than I imagined they would! The only problem is I only made 3 of them and now I want one too!!!